This book is dedicated to Holly Lisle, whose writing courses and articles taught me so much and whose constant encouragement to all the writers she shepherds is invaluable. I also want to show my appreciation for Lisa Dunick, the editor at Samhain who pulled me out of the slush pile and dusted me off. Thank you for being willing to mentor a newbie author and offer invaluable advice.
In addition, I want to thank E.J. Clarke of Silver Jay Media, who did an initial edit of my very first manuscript and helped me immensely in finalizing it for submission. I also want to acknowledge all the book bloggers out there, too numerous to list here, who work tirelessly reading, reviewing and promoting our books, often with no recompense except our thanks.
Finally, someone I should never have left out of my first acknowledgement page and who will get her own book dedication soon. If it weren’t for her and her demand for morning walks every single day, I would not get in the necessary time away from the computer to really think and create and plot. So thank you, Caliente, my dear fur child. Without you, none of these books would exist and this one wouldn’t have a Bailey in it.